אסנת
Hebrew
editEtymology
editEgyptian in origin. Reconstructed as js (“that,for”) + .w (“third person pronoun”) + n (“of”) + nt ('Neith'), producing "belonging to Neith."
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /osˈnat/, IPA(key): (formal) /ˌa.səˈnat/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˌʔɔ.săˈnaːθ/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.snəs/
Proper noun
editאָסְנַת • (osnat)
- (biblical) Asenath (an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife, and who bore him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim)
- Tanach, Genesis 41:45, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
- וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־אָסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃
- vay-yiqra far'óh shem yoséf tsafnát pa'néaḥ vay-yitten lo et asənat bat poṭi féra' kohen on le-ishá vay-yetsé yoséf 'al érets mitsráyim.
- Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Tzaphnath Paaneach. He gave him Asenath, daughter of Poti Phera, the priest of On, as a wife. Joseph thus went out to oversee Egypt.
- a female given name